A/N: ok here's some of the basic pairing you will see in this story,

BBxRae
WandaxShadexXian
PietroxRahne
RahnexOC
HollyxToad
AmandaxKurt (later on)
Romy
and a few others ive probably forgotten but those are the main ones. Some of these won't appear until much later in the story so keep reading!

Enjoy...

Chapter Six

Kurt yowled as he stretched himself out like a cat. He slithered out of the blankets he'd shared with Pietro and pulled the hood of his sweatshirt over his head. A light wind was blowing around the bend from the mouth of the cave and he headed towards it to look at the weather.

"Good morning."

Kurt jumped slightly at Amanda's soft voice. She was standing near the cave's opening looking outside at the blanket of snow. He approached her nervously, "Good morning fraulein, did you sleep well?"

"Fine thanks."

"How deep do you think it is?"

Amanda shaded her eyes to look at the snow that stretched on into the woods. "Probably three or four feet; it was quite a storm."

"Ja, I hope Logan has a plan to cover our tracks, otherwise they're going to find us without any problem at all. You think a wind will-."

"Please stop talking about the weather." Amanda snapped.

"Sorry."

"No I'm sorry. I… I really haven't been fair to any of you. It's just… mutants… they scare me."

"None of us are going to hurt you Amanda." Kurt tried to assure her.

"It's not that. My father…he did experiments on me. He injected me with the X gene. For some reason it didn't take very well but I'm pretty sure my skills with computers aren't all natural either. I just...I never expected to get picked up so quickly."

"And seeing me first thing probably didn't help much either." Kurt said with a shy grin.

"No it really didn't. Not to mention I had no idea of where I was."

"Well you handled yourself pretty well considering."

Amanda smirked, "I'm sorry I tried to strangle you."

"Apology accepted, I understand. I probably would've done the same thing in your place."

"Really?"

"No."

The girl gave a snort that sounded like a smothered laugh and headed back into the cave. Kurt followed her shivering as the wind picked up, blowing loose snow onto his back.

Inside the others were waking up, groggy and sore from the battle yesterday but seemingly no worse for wear. Pietro, however, seemed to be having some stomach problems due to the teleporting yesterday. He was lying against a wall with one arm over his stomach.

"I'll be fine."

"You're paler than a sheet." Holly said.

"I just need something to eat."

Logan stomped over with a growl, "You're not eating unless you're sure you can keep it down, we can't waste any food."

"The teleporting isn't what did this to him." Wanda protested angrily as she stood over her brother, unusually brave. "He always gets like this after he runs too much."

"I ain't disputing that kid, I'm just saying we can't afford to loose food. We've got a long ways to go before we're going to be able to get any more."

"She's right Logan." Raven announced. She had knelt by Pietro while they'd been arguing and had her hands gently pressed against both side of his face. His eyes were blank, staring straight ahead. She released him and he snapped back to normal. "He's got a heightened metabolism because of his powers. He needs to eat and he'll be fine."

Gar offered his hand down to Pietro and pulled him to his feet. "Don't mind Logan, he gets grumpy when he's nervous. If you need some extra food eat my share."

"But what'll you eat?"

"I can turn into a cow or something and eat grass. Not the tastiest thing but it gives me plenty of energy. Now c'mon and get dressed."

"So can we ask where we're going exactly or are you going to eat us or something?"

Logan looked over his shoulder at Rogue who was waiting for an answer. They were standing in the middle of a dense forest eating a midday snack. Kurt, Todd and Raven were sitting up in trees keeping watch from the low branches while the others were gathered around in a circle beneath them.

"We're going to New York."

"We're already in New York, be more specific." Rogue replied with a frown.

Remy fiddled with a playing card as the silence reigned, "She's got a point homme; we need to know where we're going in case you get caught or taken down."

"Alright, we're going to a little place about twenty-five miles outside of New York City called Bayville. Friends of mine have a place set up where we can go and keep low until all this dies down and then they'll help us set up new identities for ourselves."

"Can we have names of these friends?"

Logan was silent for a few minutes then he spoke one word, "Xavier."

"That's it?"

"That's all you'll need to know to find him. Now let's get going before we have to bunker down for the night."

Gar jumped slightly as a huge pile of snow fell from the treetops; he looked up at Todd who sent him an apologetic look. He shook his head and continued on. Currently he was in the form of a large draft horse with Wanda and Rahne riding on his back. Rahne was sleeping, her fingers tightly clutching his mane while Wanda held her around the waist, watching her brother closely as he trooped through the deep snow.

"How much farther do you think?" Raven asked as she paused from churning up the snow with her telekinetic powers to hide their tracks.

Logan squinted over the snow, leaning on a large stick he'd found along the path. "Probably another two hours if we keep this pace up; you having trouble keeping up with the tracks?"

"Little bit. Can we stop for five minutes? I need to catch my breath."

The group halted and Gar let Wanda and Rahne off before morphing into his human form. He groaned and stretched out his arms and legs. "I hate staying in one form that long. I'm going to have a crick in my back for a week."

"You don't have to carry us." Rahne said sleepily.

"It's not that, you're not even heavy. I've barely even morphed for two years. Staying in one animal form for a long period of time makes me sore. I'll be fine once I limber up."

Shade jumped down from the tree he'd been in and looked up at the sun, "We only have an hour of daylight left at the most and the temperature will be dropping fast. Are these supplies near any kind of shelter?"

"There're some abandoned houses but they're near an access road." Jason admitted, "But they'll have people searching them probably."

Remy sighed heavily, "We need a distraction then, something to get the guards away from the houses for the night. Unless anyone knows of any more caves somewhere nearby, then that's all we've got to work with. Anyone have an idea?"

"I could try using my powers." Wanda offered, "I've been able to keep people from seeing me before but I'm not sure how long I could hold it."

"Or I could change into one of the officers from the camp and tell them that they need to leave the area and look somewhere else."

"I say we just get rid of them." Shade muttered.

"Ja," Kurt said with a roll of his eyes, "That's the image we want to present, let's kill them!"

"Shut up the both of you." Raven snapped, "If I can get physical contact with one of the leaders I can alter his thoughts and have him order the men away from the houses. If Wanda could make me invisible and Holly kept his attention distracted long enough…"

"Frankly I don't care what we do but we're wasting time standing and talking. Let's get moving and try to get to the supplies before we have to tramp around in the dark. We'll go with Raven's plan unless someone else has any major brainstorms on the way there."

"You there, search out that house. No one is leaving until every rock is overturned! We have to find these monsters before they harm innocents."

One of the guards looked to his left as a bush rustled wildly then stilled. He moved closer to investigate then jumped as he heard the sergeant's voice yelling at him. Quickly he ran to his companions who were already moving through the houses and nearby woods.

Behind the bush Remy and Rogue uncovered Kurt's mouth and released Gar. The Cajun glowered at his younger friends, "You trying to get us killed?"

"Sorry." Gar whispered, "Instinct."

Kurt snarled a few angry words in German and slunk backwards to the others, Rogue following him. Holly looked at Remy, her face pale. "I don't know if I can do this. I lose control when I get really nervous."

"Don't worry, Raven will be with you the whole time and we'll be waiting just in case something goes wrong. Did you get a good look at the guy?"

"I think so." Holly closed her eyes and her brow furrowed in concentration. Slowly her features melded into that of the guard they'd just spotted, her clothes shifted appearance, matching the drab green uniform. "The gun's fake." she said touching the weapon, her hand passed straight through. Her voice was deeper and carried an accent. Remy nearly laughed when he realized it was his own voice he was hearing.

"Good job cheri, Wanda you ready?"

"I think so."

"Ready." Raven said pulling her dark hoodie over her head.

"Alright, let's go."

Wanda lifted her hands and a blue glow surrounded them. She bit her lip hard as she used her abilities to alter the guard's sight and hearing so that they would see only Holly, Raven would be invisible to them. She nodded and Holly rose from her hiding spot and walked out of the brush with Raven floating in the air behind her.

"She can fly too?" Gar whispered; he was hushed by Xian who was watching everything with uneasy blue eyes.

"Where've you been Mr. Marlon?" the sergeant demanded as Holly approached him.

"I was searching the brush; I think I may have found something."

"Something happen to your voice lad?"

In the next instant Raven gripped the man's head with her fingers. He let out a muffled cry that was cut short. Holly looked around hoping no one noticed the officer's strange position. She mouthed out a conversation, pointing beyond them at the road. Most of the guards kept searching but several gave them strange looks.

Finally Raven released the man and backed away. She took Holly by the wrist and pulled her away into the darkness. They hit the snow with a thump and rolled into the bushes. Remy grabbed Holly and ducked into the woods while Gar scrambled after a low flying Raven.

"Did it work?" Logan hissed as they joined him in a thicket with the others.

"Yes, he should move them away in about twenty minutes…Where's Wanda?"

Remy and Logan looked at each other. The Cajun swore and dove out of cover as someone yelled. Pietro followed with Xian and Rahne hot on his heels. Logan grabbed the others as they tried to follow, "Remy knows what he's doing. Keep low and spread out, we gotta be ready to drop on them if need be, stay together though, c'mon"

Pietro's heart was hammering in his chest as he stood at the edge of the woods. None of the guards noticed him; they were too busy surrounding Wanda who was on her knees, her arms over her head as she cried in fear. The speedster felt his muscles lock as someone pulled out a gun and cocked it, the noise deafening to Pietro.

"NO!"

The guard who wielded the gun screamed as a wolf tackled him. Rahne sank her teeth into his hand, biting down as hard as she could. A huge black shape swarmed over the guards causing them to go pale. A voice roared from the shapeless form, "Leave these woods or face the wrath of the spirits you have murdered!" Hands made of darkness reached out from the cloud causing the men to panic and scream, running for their vehicles. Tires squealed and slowly the sound of the engines faded into the distance.

"They're gone Xian." Gar said as they emerged from the forest.

Slowly the cloud shrank until it was in the form of a man. Xian's body melded into its solid form and he collapsed in the snow; moments later though he pushed himself up, his eyes black as coal. "Told him not to do that." Shade muttered woozily.

"Are you okay dawg?" Todd asked hopping over to his side.

"Ya… Wanda, you okay?"

The girl nodded and put a hand on his shoulder, "Thank you."

Rahne was retching into the snow; blood covered her mouth and the front of her shirt from where she'd bitten the guard. Pietro held her short hair back and kept her upright.

"What just happened?" Amanda asked, looking bewildered. "Everything was going fine."

Wanda looked down in shame, "I lost control and the guards saw me. I'm sorry, it was my fault."

"It's alright sugah," Rogue said gently, "None of us blame ya."

Rahne finally stopped retching and collapsed against Pietro who looked at a loss as to what he should do to help her. Finally he scooped her up in his arms and looked over at the houses, "Can we go inside now?"

Logan nodded, "Gar and Jason, I want you to come with me, I think they left a jeep down at the bottom of the hill and we need to uncover the supplies. The rest of you get into one of the houses and get yourselves some dinner. We'll be right back."

"I'll stay in touch." Raven said tapping her forehead.

"C'mon mon amis," Remy herded the group up the grade towards the house with a clench in his stomach. That was too close for comfort.

Todd slurped up a fly that was buzzing around his head as he stared aimlessly out a shattered window. He was sitting on a collection of crates that had been used last night for tables. He'd slept on them, keeping the last watch through the night. The others were still fast asleep, making noises and talking in their dreams. The amphibious mutant quietly burped and looked around self-consciously to make sure no one had heard him.

Someone rustled in their bed and slowly Holly's brown hair poked out of the blankets. She yawned then looked at Todd, "Morning."

"Hey, sleep okay?"

"I guess. You?"

Todd shrugged and went back to staring out the window. A new layer of snow had fallen erasing all evidence of the fight last evening. He scooted over as Holly nudged him with her shoulder. She burrowed under his blankets, half lying down beside him.

"What do you think this place we're going will be like?" she asked staring at new fallen snow.

"Better than where we were that's for sure."

The girl nodded and settled her head on her folded arms, "You know, I didn't think my parents would turn on me like they did. They always said it was such a shame that 'all those poor mutants' were herded into camps like the Jews. I guess things change when you find out one of those poor mutants is your daughter."

Todd snorted, "Can't be any worse than what happened to me. I thought Greg, my step-dad, was going to snap my neck in half. I'd never seen him that mad before. Scared the heck outta me."

"What about your mom?"

"She's convinced that Greg could do no wrong. If he said I had to go then I had to go."

"That's awful."

The youth grunted and stretched his legs out into a more comfortable position, "At least he didn't turn me in right then and there… or kill me. I thought he was going to for a few minutes. He finally just threw me outside with all my stuff and told me that if I ever came back he would kill me. But to be real honest I'm kinda glad he did. The camp was awful but being here is way better than staying at home tiptoeing around school waiting for someone to find me out."

"That's true. I just wish I could've said goodbye to Jet."

"Your boyfriend?" Todd asked quietly.

Holly nodded.

"No offense meant, but it's probably best that you didn't. I told one of my best friends who I thought I could trust but they're the ones who sold me out to Greg. And he knew how mad he'd be. And Rahne was attacked by her boyfriend when she told him about it."

"What about you?"

Todd turned his head to look at the girl, "What about me?"

"What did your girlfriend think?"

Slowly his face began to redden and Todd flicked his gaze away, "Never had one yo. I wasn't exactly… cool y'know? Girls didn't talk to me, they talked about me. Just loud enough so I'd be sure to hear it as I was walking by. I mean, even before I started mutating I wasn't real easy on the eyes or anything."

"Oh come on," Holly said leaning her head on his knee and looking up at him with a friendly smile. "You're not that bad looking. The yellow eyes work on you."

A smile crept onto the young man's face, "I've always had yellow eyes, yo. You really think they look good?"

"Yes, I do. They're very nice."

"Wow."

Holly giggled and gave him a gentle shove. "See? The only reason all those girls talked about you like that is because they didn't know how you really are. You're nice and funny and smart."

Todd's face quickly reddened again, "I ain't that smart yo."

"I bet you are. What kind of grades did you get?"

The young man mumbled something so quickly Holly wouldn't understand him.

"What?"

"I uh… I got all A's except in gym, I got a B+ in there 'cause the coach hated me."

"See! I was right!"

From behind them there was a slight scuffle and Kurt yelped loudly in pain. Almost everyone jumped awake and was on their feet in moments. The blue German looked around sheepishly, "Sorry, bit my tail on accident."

Logan rubbed his forehead, "Elf, you're gonna send me to an early grave."

"I said I was sorry."

Remy groaned and pulled his blankets over his head. "That means we gotta get up and move again. Why would you bite your own tail in the first place?"

"I was dreaming about food. Can I help it if my stomach starts controlling my thoughts?"

Gar lumbered to his feet and yawned revealing his sharp polar bear teeth. He morphed into a human making Wanda and Raven shriek in protest as the chill morning air hit them. Rahne poked her head out of the bed she'd shared with Amanda. Her green-yellow eyes were sleepy as she wagged her bushy wolf tail. Blood was still on the edges of her teeth but she seemed better.

"Can't we just sleep a few more minutes?" Pietro begged, his voice muffled.

"Sorry bub, we gotta keep moving. Unless you wanna attempt another episode like last night, I suggest you get off your butt and get moving."

Slowly and with much protest everyone got up and began to dress and repack their things. Remy and Rogue brought in bowls of snow to melt for water while Xian made breakfast with the help of several slivers of darkness.

"I tell ya, all I really want right now is a hot shower and an even hotter meal." Rogue murmured as they ate cold salami and crackers. Gar grazed outside the window as a zebra.

"Well if you want that you're gonna have to get your rear in gear." Logan said as he finished tying up his pack. "If we push real hard we might be able to make it to Bayville by nightfall. Of course the way you're all moving that's a very slim chance."

"I didn't see you up at the crack of dawn." Gar said.

Logan glared at him and started collecting the leftover food.

"Welcome to Bayville, home of the Pirates. That's a weird name for a school mascot."

"Hush homme," Remy said gently, "We're almost home-free. Just keep low for awhile longer."

The group was sitting inside a deep thicket of briars and leafy bushes. Logan had told them to stay put and then he'd disappeared. That had been over an hour ago.

"I'm getting nervous, Remy." Rogue murmured, "It's gonna get dark soon and we don't have any shelter if Logan don't come back."

"Glad to know you all think so highly of me." Logan's deep voice grumbled as he suddenly entered into the thicket. "C'mon, we gotta hike through the woods and we'll be there."

Slowly everyone got to their feet and slunk out from the thicket, being careful to stay out of sight of the highway. They followed Logan with Raven at the rear, covering up their tracks. As Rogue had predicted it began to get dark, made worse by the heavy cover of the trees overhead. The group paired up to keep from getting lost and continued on their way.

Finally Logan drew to a halt, "We're here."

The mutants looked around in confusion. They were still in the middle of the woods. The only thing that they could see was a few dim lights blinking in the darkness.

"Is there something I'm not getting?" Amanda asked.

Gar took a whiff of the air, "I smell dirt… fresh dirt."

Logan smirked and pushed on a large rock. It lifted up revealing a square wooden door that was built into the ground. The man kneeled down and pressed his thumb to the small grey pad that lay where a handle should've been. The pad glowed green and the door slid open. Logan motioned for everyone to go into the darkened tunnel.

"Have I mentioned that I'm claustrophobic?" Pietro yelped as Kurt gave him a shove into the oblivion below.

Everyone bunched together below the entrance while Logan pulled the rock back and locked the door. He then pressed his hands against the wall searching for something in the pitch black darkness. "Aha!"

Lights flickered to life illuminating a rather wide tunnel that turned a corner twenty feet ahead, it was made of solid packed earth with no sign of support beams. Logan started walking down the tunnel and everyone else scampered to follow.

They walked for about twenty minutes when they were faced with yet another door. This one was made of steel and had no visible opening. Logan walked on, undaunted. He stood in front of the door, "You gonna let us in?"

"Password recognized. Welcome home James." A computerized voice said as the door slid apart.

On the other side of the doors the dirt tunnel was replaced with a hallway made of shiny steel just like the doors. The walls were seamless and so polished that they were like mirrors.

"Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else feel like we're being watched?" Gar asked as his head swiveled around, looking at the walls nervously.

"We are. Behind those walls are millions worth of security cameras and other devices. Xavier takes no chances even if someone could get through the doors or even find the entrance in the first place. Now c'mon I'm getting hungry."

After another hour of walking they reached a wooden door. Logan touched the handle and waited a moment before he heard a loud click. With a grin he opened the door and stepped into the room beyond. The others followed and were immediately blinded by the huge lights that covered the massive ceiling.

"Logan?" Jason called nervously, "You playing tricks hombre?"

"There are no tricks being played Jason Gonzales." A calm male voice said. "Logan is just as blind as you are right now. Victor will you please dim the lights?" Instantly the lights fell to a bearable level. In front of the group was a man with kind blue eyes and a bald head. He was sitting in a motorized wheelchair with his hands folded on his lap neatly. He wore dress pants and a pressed white shirt. "Hello my friends; my name is Charles Xavier."

"Where are we?" Gar asked looking around at the huge room.

"We are two miles underneath my mansion outside of Bayville. And yes there are cameras behind these walls just as there were in the tunnel."

Gar gave him a startled look, "How did you…?"

"I am a telepath like Miss Roth only much more powerful if I may say so. But usually I make a point not to read the minds of the people living under my roof. You are Garfield Logan, correct?"

"Ya."

Xavier nodded somewhat sadly, "Yes I thought so."

"Professor," A voice said from the speakers that were placed around the room, "We've got the rooms all prepared and dinner is set."

"Thank you Scott, we'll be there shortly." Xavier replied. He smiled at the group, "We can talk later, but right now I'm sure you are all very tired and hungry. I'm going to plant a location in your minds telepathically which will be the locations of all your rooms and who they belong to. Dry clothes will be waiting for you and once you've changed you can join us for dinner in the dining room."

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